C101 Part1

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The shock in Murong Ci's heart was unparalleled: she hadn't expected Murong Yu to think of this possibility before her.

His mind was wiser than she had thought, to the point it almost seemed scary.

Murong Yu's face was heavy,

"This King has just looked around, but I haven't found anything suspicious."

She saw the twenty soldiers still searching for suspicious places where people could be hiding or the entrance to an underground passage, and said,

"Look again."

He nodded and the two looked around inch by inch.

To the north of Xuanyuetan there was a low hill.

The hill was lush, with towering trees and low shrubs, green everywhere, and wild flowers of various colors everywhere, fresh and lovely.

She walked towards the hill and under the hills were also low shrubs, vines and weeds, and the deep green was densely intertwined.

"This king has already checked there, but there was nothing suspicious."

Murong Yu believed in his own judgment.

"Look again."

Murong Ci picked up a thick dry branch and started checking at the base of the hill, sweeping and investigating it inch by inch.

Poke here, poke over there, and fiddle a few more times here, she was sweating profusely, and her smooth forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

Like her, he fiddled with the intricately intertwined vines and weeds with a branch, but only the solid ground was pushed aside.

She suddenly stopped, looked at one place in front of her, and pondered for a long time.

Seeing that she was motionless, Murong Yu walked over and asked,

"What's the matter?"

"Don't you find strange that there are more weeds and vines in this place than elsewhere, and it's messy?"

Murong Ci frowned deeply.

"It is indeed more than anywhere else, vines, long branches, and some messy things."

His eyes lit up,

"The more you cover up, the more problems you'll make!"

They glanced at each other and quickly fiddled with the vines and weeds and the mess of branches there.

Because it was too messy, he called two more subordinates to help.

After a little effort, the place finally revealed its original appearance: a small dirt hole.

The two looked at each other and smiled. Only one person can bend through the entrance of the hole, which may reveal the secret of Xuanyuetan for them.

The three subordinates led the way in, followed by them, and the rest followed and went into the dirt cave.

The space in the earth cave was quite spacious, the light was dim, and there was another cavern when walking further inside.

"Prince Regent, there is a stone gate here."

A subordinate shouted in surprise.

They walked to it immediately, and as expected, the stone gate looked very thick, but they couldn't spot any mechanism to open it.

Murong Ci had a strong premonition that this stone gate would open the way to a mysterious underground world,

"There must be a mechanism, everyone look for it."

However, after searching the entire earth cave, there was no mechanism to open the stone gate.

Murong Yu raised his hand and inspected the wall lightly and carefully, with his eyes like torches.

She also looked for it scrupulously with her little face.

"There are tiny cracks here and they're hard to spot unless you look closely."

He pointed to the middle of the eastern half wall.

"There is indeed a crack."

She pressed hard, and there was a sudden bang, and the stone gate opened in response and moved upward.

Everyone was overjoyed and looked inside one after another.

Inside the stone gate was a passage made of huge stones, dark and cold, leading to an unknown world.

Murong Ci and Murong Yu looked at each other firmly, and then led the subordinates in.

In order to avoid causing the people inside to notice, they tried their best to take their steps lightly.

Because the light was too dark, they could only fumble forward.

The passage was very long, and they walked cautiously while inspecting whether there were stone chambers on both sides.

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END of CHAPTER 101 PART 1

.....................to be continued